Meet the Cook Your Heart Out Contest Finalists

A healthy diet is one of the best weapons in the fight against cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S. That's why we've launched "Cook Your Heart Out," America's first heart-healthy cooking competition. Meet our 2012 contest finalists

Why heart-healthy cooking is important to her: "Heart-healthy cooking is important to me because my husband & I are both retired and not so 'young and foolish' anymore to think that we can eat just about anything & it wont affect us  that it's just for other people. We are both in good health and constantly watch what we eat. We both exercise (my husband is a 7th degree black belt in Korean karate). But mainly we want to eat heart-healthy, not for selfish reasons, but for each other and our two sons and their families (including five grandchildren). We don't want them (or each other) to have to worry if we can help it."

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